The character’s live in a world where employment does not always guarantee individuality, rather, it strips and alienates workers from being their own selves. The story uses the symbol of a bug to convey the capitalistic society that the world is consumed by. The analogy of the bug represents how unappreciated Gregor was as a worker and how he can be left behind without consequence. In the end, the rest of Gregor’s family transforms into a projection of what he once was, dooming each of them to the fate of a living as a small-being in an uncaring, capitalistic
The character’s live in a world where employment does not always guarantee individuality, rather, it strips and alienates workers from being their own selves. The story uses the symbol of a bug to convey the capitalistic society that the world is consumed by. The analogy of the bug represents how unappreciated Gregor was as a worker and how he can be left behind without consequence. In the end, the rest of Gregor’s family transforms into a projection of what he once was, dooming each of them to the fate of a living as a small-being in an uncaring, capitalistic